European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 31, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Etgek ice Ian a efe vol.53, no. 197 500 monday october31,1994 r d 8693 a a of s death prompting debates on women by Eric Schmitt new York times Washington the death of one of the Navy s first female combat aviators on tuesday has re kindled tensions within the military Over the decision to expand the roles available to women even though the cause of the Accident is not yet known. Navy officials from Honolulu to Washington Are going out of their Way to defend the aviator it. Kara Hultgreen against what they say Are spurious accusations about her flight record and to defend the new roles for women in general. Several news organizations in Southern California have received faxes apparently from disgruntled male aviators raising questions about her flight tests. As friends relatives and a High level delegation of Navy officers gathered saturday in san Antonio at a memorial service for the 29 year old aviator Many expressed anger at the largely Anonymous Campaign to Challenge her fighter Jock credentials. She was very highly regarded it. Matthew Kernish the plane s radar intercept officer who ejected safely said in a Brief Telephone interview. He refused to discuss the Accident. The accusations underscore the depth of resentment some male pilots still feel toward permitting women into their once closed fraternity. I m embarrassed by All in Isar said a senior Navy officer baser in Hawaii. This does t make the Navy look like a very solid ins Titu tion.". " investigators suspect engine problems caused Hultgreen to lose control of her f-14 tomcat and crash into the sea As she was pre paring to land on the aircraft car Rier Abraham Lincoln 40 Miles Southwest of san Diego but they cannot be sure whether mechanical problems or Pilot error was to blame until the plane is raised from the Ocean floor. Her body has not been recovered. A lot is at stake in this inquiry. Some male pilots have complained see death on Page 2 Man charged in shooting at White House Francisco Martin Duran Rev of v Law enforcement officials search sunday for evidence from saturday s shooting at the White House from Pennsylvania Avenue. Former Soldier s motives d mystery Washington a a Colorado Man who left a cryptic note about death faced arraignment today on property damage and firearms violations following. His frightening White House shooting spree. The possibility of additional charges including attempted. Assassination was left open. On sunday the Day after the unsettling attack yellow police tape stretched across the White House Lawn and Fri agents armed with laser equipment con ducted an Inch by Inch search for bullets around the pockmarked mansion. Suspect left Home family four weeks ago Page $ gunman 26-year-old Francisco Martin Duran remained silent at . S Central Cellblock his motives a mystery his Demeanour described by the secret service As completely  Duran who spent 2 /2 years in a Mili tary prison for felony assault left a not outlining How he would want his affairs handled if he died a document that one administration official called closer to a will than a suicide  the note contained no threat against Clinton the of Cial said. 1 described As unshaken by the tumult president Clinton rested up during the Day after his grueling Middle East tour and held to his plan to attend an evening gala at Ford s theatre where president Lincoln was felled by an Assassin s Bullet 129 years ago. Duran scheduled to be formally a see motives on Page 2 combat planes to stage Aerial warning to Saddam Kuwait a More than 100 Allied cof Bat air Craft will stage Maneu vers Over Kuwait and Southern Iraq on tuesday to show Saddam Hussein that the  coalition will protect Kuwait the . Embassy said sunday. The exercises will include . Air Force by and b 52 bombers flying from . Bases dropping live bombs on a kuwaiti desert Range near the iraqi Border the embassy said Allied airmen will Fly air superiority and air to ground missions during the Maneu vers to re Fine the skills necessary to suppress enemy air defences and provide close air support for Friendly ground  the statement termed the exercises concentrated flying activity. In airspace Over Kuwait and in the no Fly zone of Southern Iraq below the 32nd parallel. The air exclusion zone was imposed in August 1992 to help protect shiite Muslim rebels from Saddam s forces. As far As is known live ordnance will not be used Over Southern Iraq although aircraft patrolling the no Fly zone Are routinely armed. The demonstration of coalition air Power comes less than two weeks after Saddam withdrew a military buildup in Southern Iraq in. The face of a Large scale  deployment of ground air and naval forces in the Region to protect Kuwait which Saddam had invaded in 1990. Participation of the bombers demonstrates the Abil Ity of the United states to respond to the aggression by delivering massive firepower from Home bases in a rela see warning on Page 2